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In this June 25, 2014 photo, a group of immigrants from Honduras and El Salvador who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border illegally are stopped in Granjeno, Texas. The epicenter of the recent surge in illegal immigration is a 5-mile slice of deep South Texas that has become a hot spot for migrants, human smugglers and drug cartels. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
(Eric Gay)

A Gallup poll showing Americans now believing immigration is the country's top problem is backed up by a poll of Al.com readers who agree immigration is their top concern.The Gallup poll, a scientific survey, found that 17 percent of Americans now call immigration the nation's top problem.The Al.com poll I posted Thursday found that just over 36 percent of those who responded called immigration the country's top problem. Our poll is not scientific but rather a survey of readers who take it.Like the case with the Gallup poll, Al.com readers listed "dissatisfaction with government" as their second most important problem.Here is the link to this week's Gallup survey.